Ticketmaster Faces Class-Action Lawsuit After Scalping Report

Ticketmaster Faces Class-Action Lawsuit After Scalping Report
CEO of Live Nation, Michael Rapino, testifies in Congress in Washington DC on Feb. 24, 2009. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
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Ticketmaster LLC and its parent company Live Nation Entertainment Inc. has been sued in a class action lawsuit for “unlawful and unfair business practices.”

The people affected by the lawsuit would be anyone “who purchased a secondary market Ticketmaster ticket from a professional reseller participating in Ticketmaster’s resale partner program and/or using TradeDesk or a similar system operated by defendants, such as EventInventory,” according to the complaint filed on Sept. 28.

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